Historical facts of Nov 22nd...
The day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated! (1963)
Bob Dylan weds Sara Lowndes. (1965)
Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs. (1910)
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1st heard on Eddie Cantor's show. (1934)
FDR, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan. (1943)
Simon & Garfunkel appear on "American Bandstand" as "Tom & Jerry". (1957)
Producers Albert Broccoli & Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make Sean Connery (James Bond) a star. (1961)
Beatles release their 2nd album "With the Beatles" in UK. (1963)
Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as the 36th US president. (1963)
Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title. (1965)
32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB) (1966)
Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album. (1968)
Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts. (1976)
Fred Rogers of PBS "Mr Rogers Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution. (1984)
Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals. (1986)
Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom. (1987)
Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister. (1990)
Wash Post reports Ore Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women. (1992)
OJ Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true". (1996)
In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of the Miss World contest. (2002)
Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany. (2005)
YouTube hosts the largest ever live broadcast, YouTube Live. (2008)
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